UK Health Departments Partnership Board: Meetings

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the UK Health Departments Partnership Board in each year since 2007; and which  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in his Department have attended each such meeting.

Kevan Jones: The joint MOD/UK Health Departments Partnership Board meets three times a year. It is chaired alternately by senior officials from MOD and the Department of Health, and has a membership drawn from MOD, the UK Health Departments and the NHS. Government Ministers do not attend.
	The Partnership Board has met on eight occasions since January 2007.
	Attendees at individual meetings will include both standing board members as well as other departmental officials, who are invited on an individual basis for discussion of specific agenda items. The following table shows which individual posts have been present at each meeting, and includes both standing members and ad hoc attendees:
	
		
			   2007  2008  2009 
			   1 Feb  12 Jun  29 Oct  1 Feb  3 Jun  7 Oct  10 Feb  16 Jun 
			  Joint Chairs 
			 DMSD—DCDS (Health) Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present 
			 DH—Chief Executive Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Present — Present Present Present Present Present Present 
			  
			  MOD attendees 
			 DMSD—Surgeon General Present Present Present Present Present — — — 
			 DMSD—ACDS (Health) — — — — Present — Present Present 
			 DMSD—Director Strategic Change — — — — — — — Present 
			 Army Medical Directorate—Chief of Staff — — — — — — — Present 
			 Army Primary Heath Care Service—Director — — — — — — — Present 
			 Defence Dental Services—Chief of Staff — — — — — Present Present Present 
			 Defence Dental Services—AD Clinical — — Present — — — — — 
			 RN—Asst Chief of Staff—Medical — — — — — — — Present 
			 RAF—Chief of Staff—Health — — — — — — — Present 
			 DMETA—Chief Executive — — Present Present Present — Present — 
			 DMETA—Director Change Programme Present Present — — — — — — 
			 DMSD—Asst Director Information Management — Present Present — — — — — 
			 DMSD—Asst Director Nursing — Present — — — — — — 
			 DMSD—Asst Director — — Present — Present — — — 
			 DMSD—Asst Director Armed Forces Pay — — Present — — — — — 
			 DMSD—Asst Director Resource and Plans — Present — — — — — — 
			 DMSD— Asst Director Secretariat Present Present Present Present Present — — Present 
			 DMSD—Cross Government Lead (Health) Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present 
			 DMSD—DMICP — — — — — — Present Present 
			 DMSD—Director General Healthcare Present Present — Present — — — — 
			 DMSD—Director Healthcare Present Present Present Present Present — Present — 
			 DMSD—Director Medical Finance and Secretariat Present Present Present Present — Present — Present 
			 DMSD— DMICP Project Director — — — — — Present Present Present 
			 DMSD-DMICP—CfH Project Manager — — — — — — — — 
			 DMSD—Secretariat 1 — — — Present — — — — 
			 DMSD—Secretariat lb Present Present Present Present Present Present Present — 
			 DMSD—DCDS (Health)/MA Present — Present — — — — — 
			 DMSD—Surgeon General/MA Present — — — — — — — 
			 Land Command— S01 Org Plan — — — — Present — — — 
			 National Employer Advisory Board—Chairman — — — Present — — Present — 
			 Reserve Forces and Cadets Division—Capability Policy — — — — Present — — — 
			 Reserve Forces and Cadets Division—Deputy Director Operations Present — Present Present — Present Present — 
			 Service Personnel Command Paper—RN — — — — — Present — — 
			 Service Personnel Command Paper—Team Leader — — — Present Present — — — 
			 Service Personnel Policy—Medical Present Present — — — — — — 
			 SP Po-l—Service Community Support—Asst Director — — Present — — — — — 
			 Veterans Policy Unit—Director — — Present Present Present Present — Present 
			 Joint Medical Command—Commander Defence Medical Group — — — — — — — Present 
			  
			  UK Health Departments/NHS attendees 
			 DH—Assistant Senior Partnership Co-ordinator Present Present — — — — — — 
			 DH—Associate Chief Medical Officer — — Present Present — — Present — 
			 DH—Cross Government Lead (Health) — — Present Present Present Present Present Present 
			 DH—Deputy Director of Provider Development — Present — — — — — — 
			 DH—Director of Non-Medical Education, Pay and Pensions — — — — — — Present — 
			 DH—Director General Policy and Strategy Directorate — — Present — — — — Present 
			 DH—Head Emergency Preparedness — — Present Present — — — — 
			 DH—Head of Darzi Review — — Present — — — — — 
			 DH—Darzi Review Team — — — — Present — — — 
			 DH—Head of Primary Dental Services — — Present — — — — — 
			 DH—Head of Social Care (representative) — — — — Present — — — 
			 DH—Head of Social Care Policy and Innovation — — — Present — — — — 
			 DH—Liaison Home Counties (Connecting for Health) Present Present Present — — — — — 
			 DH—Stakeholder and Partner Relationships — — — Present Present — — Present 
			 DH—Senior Advisor on Mental Health Foundation Trust Policy and Implementation — Present — — — — — — 
			 DH—Senior Information Officer — Present — — — — — — 
			 DH—Senior Partnership Co-ordinator Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present 
			 DH—Senior Policy Adviser, Mental Health Programme Present Present — — — — — — 
			 Frimley Park NHS Hospital Trust—Chief Executive Present Present Present — — Present Present — 
			 Frimley Park NHS Trust—Deputy Chief Executive — — — — Present — Present — 
			 Hull Teaching PCT—Chief Executive Present Present Present Present Present — Present — 
			 National Assembly for Wales—Chief Nursing Officer Present Present — — — — — — 
			 National Assembly for Wales—Community, Primary Care and Health Services Policy Division — — — — Present — — — 
			 National Assembly for Wales—Department of Health and Social Services — — — — — Present Present Present 
			 National Assembly for Wales—Policy Manager — — Present Present — — — — 
			 NHS Connecting for Health — — — — — — Present Present 
			 NHS Connecting for Health—Group Programme Director — — — — — — Present — 
			 Northern Ireland Assembly—Chief Medical Officer — — Present — — — — — 
			 Northern Ireland Assembly—Director Primary Care — — — — — — — Present 
			 Regional Director of Public Health (South Central Strategic Health Authority) Present Present — —- — — — — 
			 Regional Director of Public Health (South West) — — — — Present Present — — 
			 Scottish Executive—Armed Forces and Veterans Team Policy Adviser — — — — — — Present — 
			 Scottish Executive—Deputy Chief Medical Officer Present Present Present Present — — — — 
			 Scottish Executive—Senior Medical Officer — — — — Present Present Present — 
			 Scottish Executive—Armed Forces and Veterans Team Leader — — — — — Present — — 
			 Surrey PCT—Commissioning and Contract Lead — — — — — — Present — 
			 University College London Hospital—Director Human Resources — Present — — Present — Present — 
			 Wiltshire PCT—Director of Public Health — Present Present — — — — — 
			 Wiltshire PCT—Public Health — — Present — — — — — 
			 Wiltshire PCT—Public Health — — Present — — — — — 
			  Key: DMSD = Defence Medical Services Department (now Surgeon General's Department) DMETA = Defence Medical Education and Training Agency (now Joint Medical Command) DMICP = Defence Medical Information Capability Programme PCT = Primary Care Trust